I call that church free which enters into the covenant with the ultimate source of existence. It binds together families and generations, protecting against the idolatry of any human claim to absolute truth or authority. — James Luther Adams Copy Share Image
An unexamined faith is not worth having, for it can be true only by accident. — James Luther Adams Copy Share Image
We are not a religious tradition with a creed, but a religious movement that has always wedded social justice work to theology — James Luther Adams Copy Share Image
The faith of a church or of a nation is an adequate faith only when it inspires and enables people to give of their… — James Luther Adams Copy Share Image
L]iberalism holds that the resources (divine and human) that are available for the achievement of meaningful change justify an attitude of ultimate optimism — James Luther Adams Copy Share Image
The free person does not live by an unexamined faith. To do so is to worship an idol whittled out and made into a… — James Luther Adams Copy Share Image
Everyone is a theologian, either conscious or unconscious, in the sense that everyone has some conception of the nature of reality, of the demands… — James Luther Adams Copy Share Image
Church is a place where you get to practice what it means to be human. — James Luther Adams Copy Share Image
Religious liberalism affirms the moral obligation to direct one's effort toward the establishment of a just and *loving* community. — James Luther Adams Copy Share Image
A good deal of so-called atheism is itself, from my point of view, theologically significant. It is the working of God in history, and… — James Luther Adams Copy Share Image
I call that church free which enters into the covenant with the ultimate source of existence. It binds together families and generations, protecting against… — James Luther Adams Copy Share Image